The Ultimate GameDay of the Century

We're not even done playing GameDay '98 and already Sony's preparing to kick off its next GameDay title called -- can you guess -- GameDay '99.

So what will Sony be doing to improve their already impressive franchise? Well, the game will feature the motion-captured talents of none other than Mike Alstott, fullback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jason Sehorn, cornerback for the New York Giants and first round draft pick, Ryan Leaf. This is certainly good news -- obviously Sony is overhauling the animation system and it's safe to say that GameDay 99's players will look and move far better than the current version's.

But what of other things? Sony is keeping very tight-lipped about other improvements, but we have a major suggestion. We've recently been running SuperBowl simulations using GameDay '98, and one thing it has shown is that while the in-game player AI is excellent, managerial AI could really do with improvement, particularly near the end of a game. We've seen it not go for field goals that could win or tie the game, not use its timeouts and repeatedly try running plays when it should be passing. So hopefully this side of things will also be overhauled. If so, it'll make the game more challenging and realistic.